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==Today==

==Today==

Today American English is simpler{{fact}} and more phonetic than British English.  Sometimes as an expression of [[anti-American]] sentiment, however, non-Americans will insist that use of British English is exclusively proper English, the implication being that American English is somehow "non-standard," a position which modern linguists reject. Both British and American variants are considered standard.

Today American English is simpler{{fact}} and more phonetic than British English.  Sometimes as an expression of [[anti-American]] sentiment, however, non-Americans will insist that use of British English is exclusively proper English{{fact}}, the implication being that American English is somehow "non-standard," a position which modern linguists reject. Both British and American variants are considered standard.

Americans have a more open, less formal society{{fact}} that has enabled them to coin and invent tens of thousands of new words and phrases; linguists and lexicographers have a herculean job to keep up, as shown the great compilations by Mathews (1951) and Cassidy (1985-  ongoing) demonstrate.

Americans have a more open, less formal society{{fact}} that has enabled them to coin and invent tens of thousands of new words and phrases; linguists and lexicographers have a herculean job to keep up, as shown the great compilations by Mathews (1951) and Cassidy (1985-  ongoing) demonstrate.